Every second, your website is attacked by hackers or has malware inserted into it. If you think your site is infected with malware, you should watch this video to the end.

Here we are going to show you how to identify the infected sites and remove them. Also, keep your site safe from attackers.

How to Identify a Malicious Website?

The best question is, when do you suspect your website contains malware or malicious code? If you notice these 5 signs, you should scan your website for malware. We will show you how to do that at the end of this video.

5 Tips to Identify Websites with Malware

Number #01:

If your site shows unknown ads or uses redirects to other websites. Most of the time, these advertisements are pop-up ads and pop-under ads.

Some attackers script your website not to show these ads to the website admin. It is only visible if you log in through an incognito window through a search engine search.

Number #02:

Your browser will notify you of a hack or display a warning message. If a web browser detects some suspicious activity on your website, it alerts users to be protected.

When you see that kind of warning message, immediately shut down your website to protect your users.

Number #03:

Bing or Google Search Console will notify you of an attack and flag your website. Search engines constantly scan your website’s performance and security.

In the event of a security breach, they remove your website from search results and notify you.

Number #04:

Your website loads and performs slower than usual. This is due to malware consuming your server resources, or it may run some heavy code on the end-user browser.

Some of the attackers inserted crypto-mining scripts into your website, which are now active whenever a user visits it.

Number #05:

You have to suspect malware always when you are using nulled or unauthenticated WordPress plugins, themes, or scripts.

Most of the hackers inserted malicious codes into these nulled plugins and themes. When you use them on your website, they can easily establish themselves without any issues. So it is always better to use authentic codes and avoid using nulled WordPress extensions.

WordPress Malware Removal Methods

Let’s detect this malware and remove it from your website. There are many free online malware scanners. As a first step, you can use them and try to find out if there has been any detection.

Best Online Malware Scanner for Website

#01 Sucuri Malware Scanner

Sucuri Malware Scanner is a powerful tool that can detect and remove a wide variety of malware infections. It is free to use.

#02 VirusTotal Scanner

VirusTotal Scanner is a free web application that lets you scan files and websites for viruses and malware. It is available as a web service, as well as a desktop application. It uses a number of different algorithms to scan files for viruses and malware.

Manually Clean WordPress Site with Malware

The majority of malicious code cannot be detected using an external scan. So we have to use an internal scan for that. If you have a WordPress website, you can follow this method to clean your site.

First, log in to your WordPress admin panel. You have to install the best free malware removal plugin.

Go to your plugin section and click the “Add New” button. Here, you have to search for “Wordfence Security – Firewall and Malware Scan,” and then install and activate it.

After installation, go to the Wordfence dashboard and navigate to the “Manage Scan” section.

In this, you can find “basic scan types”, and select the “high sensitivity scan” type. Scanning with a higher sensitivity if you suspect malware on your website is important.

This process consumes more server resources and may slow down your website. So you can set it to use low resources in the “performance option” section. After that, navigate to the “Scan” tab under the Wordfence plugin. You can start the scan by clicking the “Start new scan” button.

Now you can see the scan has started, it will scan all the files on the website and check whether they contain malicious code. This process takes a few minutes to finish. After it detects modified files, you can delete the files or recover them by removing malicious code.

Also, this plugin keeps your website protected from cyberattacks and hijacking. The best thing is that this plugin is free; you don’t have to worry about monthly fees. Allow Wordfence to run on your WordPress site.

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